Velocity make a good comprehensive range of rims, i got a pair of dyads for the cruiser when i was busting the cheap spokes on the old rims. They are made in QLD so most bike shops should be able to order them for you in a range of colors with a overnight delivery and they can spoke them within a range (20, 24, 28, 32, 36) to suit your needs. Check out the range at Velocity

These A-Class wheels from Torpedo7 would be hard to beat price wise - although your local shop might have something.
The Velocity wheels would be better, but you need to weigh up how much you want to spend.

LuckyPierre wrote:These A-Class wheels from Torpedo7 would be hard to beat price wise - although your local shop might have something.The Velocity wheels would be better, but you need to weigh up how much you want to spend.

Those wheels are a pretty good price. I'd prefer sealed bearings, but others prefer cup bearings as provided by these wheels.

LuckyPierre wrote:These A-Class wheels from Torpedo7 would be hard to beat price wise - although your local shop might have something.The Velocity wheels would be better, but you need to weigh up how much you want to spend.

Those wheels are a pretty good price. I'd prefer sealed bearings, but others prefer cup bearings as provided by these wheels.

MichaelB wrote: ... those rims are MTB specific to suit disc brakes, not rim brakes. Other than that they are a good price.

The wheels that I pointed to are described as "A-CLASS ALX-220 - 700c Road Wheelset' by Torpedo7 - do you finish up at some other product?

MichaelB wrote:Time for a dumb question - are there any road bikes with disc brakes ?

One of the guys at our last criterium was riding a bike with disk brakes, but I didn't really pay any attention to it (too busy chasing some-one else) other than noticing the brakes. If I see it again, I will check it out some more. You could put drop bars on a Scott Sub10 or Azzurri Roma and make yourself a road-oriented bike with discs.

The Giant CRX1 flatbar runs Avid Juicy hydros, no good with dropbars tho'.
Avid do make cable discs specifically for road frames but I don't know what frames are available or if they work with brifters and I bet they're all out of my price range anyway.

It's the Giant CRX Zero that has disc brakes, not the CRX 1. I saw one in the LBS at the weekend, a nice looking flat bar road bike with good specs. Pricey as a result though.

There are a few drop bar road bikes using the Avid BB7 Road mechanical disc brakes with brifters, e.g. Schwinn DBX and Kona Sutra.

In dry conditions on a normal road surface it's avoiding an endo which limits your maximum braking force, not the type of brakes you have, but if you anticipate cycling in the wet (e.g. commuting, cyclocross, touring somewhere which isn't a desert) disc brakes would make sense on a road bike.

If you're getting the complete wheel (rear), make sure you get the one that can cater for your gears (freewheel or freehub) and that it allows for 8/9/or 10 speed etc. I don't know which model of OCR you have, but it should be at least an 8 speed Sora.

It does, doesn't it? A bit heavy, apparently, but looks like a good 'all rounder'. The Schwinn is pretty similar.

My next bike will probably have disc brakes as I do a lot of cycle commuting and I find having almost waterproof brakes rather reassuring on the occasions it's wet (I have roller hub brakes at present which work OK and need very little maintenance but have a funny feel to them). There's a chance that at the end of my current contract I'll end up moving back to the UK where I'd be rained on all the time so would be even more grateful for having amphibious brakes

Hotdog wrote:My next bike will probably have disc brakes as I do a lot of cycle commuting and I find having almost waterproof brakes rather reassuring on the occasions it's wet (I have roller hub brakes at present which work OK and need very little maintenance but have a funny feel to them). There's a chance that at the end of my current contract I'll end up moving back to the UK where I'd be rained on all the time so would be even more grateful for having amphibious brakes

I hear ya! I like to stop all the time, not just slow down in the wet.
Hydros cost more to buy than cables but make up for that in reduced maintenance

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